fraindre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin frangere, present active infinitive of frangō.

Verb

fraindre (past participle frait or fret)

to break; (damage significantly)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of fraindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fraindre			avoir fraint, frait
gerund		en fraignant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		fraignant
past participle		fraint, frait
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fraing	frainz	fraint	fraignons	fraigniez	fraignent
	imperfect	fraignoie, fraigneie	fraignoies, fraigneies	fraignoit, fraigneit	fraigniiens, fraigniens	fraigniiez, fraigniez	fraignoient, fraigneient
	preterite	frains	frainsis	frainst	frainsimes	frainsistes	frainstrent
	future	fraindrai	fraindras	fraindra	fraindrons	fraindroiz, fraindreiz, fraindrez	fraindront
	conditional	fraindroie, fraindreie	fraindroies, fraindreies	fraindroit, fraindreit	fraindriiens, fraindriens	fraindriiez, fraindriez	fraindroient, fraindreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fraigne, frange	fraignes, franges	fraigne, frange	fraigniens, fraignons, frangiens, franjons	fraigniez, frangiez	fraignent, frangent
simple tenses	imperfect	frainsisse	frainsisses	frainsist	frainsissons, frainsissiens	frainsissoiz, frainsissez, frainsissiez	frainsissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	fraing	—	fraignons	fraigniez	—

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fraindre)

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